Even in the familiar there can be surprise and wonder.

The best part of the journey is the surprise and wonder along the way.

— Ken Poirot

“I sat silently, trying to imagine Pam blown away. I could do it, but the face I saw lighting up in surprise and wonder…

— Stephen King

“There was an awful lot to be said for familiarity, if you thought about it. It was an extremely underrated virtue, ignorable until the…

— Nick Hornby

“When you’re in love with two people, always choose the second. The fact that you are constantly thinking of the second person makes it…

— Shannon L. Alder

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

— Charles Lamb

No matter that you anticipate a thing; you get so used to it as part of the future that its actuality, its arrival, its…

— Lorrie Moore

Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten…

— Samuel Longfellow

There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we…

— Edith Schaeffer

That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different…

— Curtis Hanson

Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.

— Charles Ghigna

“And when I look into his eyes there’s a feeling of something I can only describe as familiarity, a sense of safety. Like coming…

— Rebecca James

I'm sure there are a lot of Italians who refer to themselves as goombahs and greaseballs and whatever. That's what people do. It gives…

— Samuel L. Jackson

You have to know that you have to have familiarity with the artist that you want to be, but there's so much about it…

— Monica Barbaro

Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's…

— Campbell Scott

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

— Vikrant Parsai